Facebook explained what happened to cause yesterday's shutdown

Did you have trouble logging on to Facebook or Instagram on Wednesday? Now we know the reason why.

On Thursday afternoon, Facebook posted that a "server configuration change" led to the outage across multiple platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger. The company apologized for the inconvenience to users saying the issue has since been resolved and "our systems are recovering."

Yesterday, as a result of a server configuration change, many people had trouble accessing our apps and services. We've now resolved the issues and our systems are recovering. We’re very sorry for the inconvenience and appreciate everyone’s patience.